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Every review starts with a product's own claims, then checks each one against what the wider web says — review sites, forum threads, and discussion pages. No submitted reviews, no sponsored placements.
One verdict, three checked steps
Extract the claims
We pull the specific, checkable claims off a product's own homepage — not tone, actual statements.
Check outside sources
Each claim is weighed against real discussion elsewhere — corroborated, contradicted, or unverifiable.
Score, then a human approves
A draft is scored from the evidence. Nothing publishes until a person reviews and approves it.
Recent verdicts
Linear's claims about speed and team focus check out against a wide body of independent developer discussion. Pricing is clearly tiered and the free plan is genuinely usable.
Raycast's 'blazingly fast' framing is corroborated across years of community benchmarks. The 'totally extensible' claim is honest — the API and store both exist and are actively used.
Perplexity's 'answer engine' framing holds up — the cited-source pattern is real and consistent. The 'where knowledge begins' positioning is unverifiable marketing.
Checking a product? Start with its verdict.
Every review on The Launch Audit is built from public claims and outside discussion — not from submitted testimonials or paid placements. Read the evidence first.
Common questions
Do reviewed products pay to be listed?
No. Products are pulled from public launch feeds, not submissions, and nothing here is sponsored.
How is a claim checked?
Each claim is searched against outside discussion and judged on what's actually found — a claim with no outside discussion is marked unverifiable, not assumed true.
Does pricing get rechecked?
Yes. Tracked products are re-scanned regularly, so a verdict reflects current pricing, not a one-time snapshot.
Every claim is taken from the product's own site, then checked against what the wider web says — including when we found nothing.